[Hamlib-developer] Text representation of the waterfall?

[Georgina J. <ge...@ge...>]

Hello,

In short I am asking how I ask hamlib for the S reading. Preferably over a short period of time i.e. listen for a couple of seconds and report the strongest signal's strength. A snapshot of a chosen section  of any band.

I wondered if I could find strong signals on a span of frequencies? Which would provide a list for frequencies that are stronger than S7? Providing the noise level isn't 7.

Is there a way of asking hamlib for the S reading? I understand it will vary from radio to radio but you may recall I am working with the FT-991A and the FT-818.

I am thinking of using awhile loop. Inside an if statement incrementing the frequency and calling rigctl to set the incremented frequency and then asking for the S reading. Is that possible with these 2 radios?

The desired output would be a list of S reading then the frequency. Just in a terminal window or pager. It would be easy to use a screen reader reading up the screen. This would give an overview, then a similar version that paused and asked the user if they wanted to stop at the current frequency (y - N)?

Any suggestions would be helpful in S readings and strategies of identifying QSo's.

Regards,

Georgina


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